Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Discussions
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I currently support a FA managing a wide variety of tasks. I make about 70k base + 30k bonus. I hold my Series 7/63 and working towards CFP. I started applying to jobs in the DFW area to be near family- but all my conversations seem to come in lower. Can anyone advise on salaries in DFW?

Looking for an investment advisor who is 1) a fiduciary 2) has a CFA/CFP/CPA or some combination thereof. No exceptions. DC/Baltimore area.
TIA.

Anyone looking for a succession plan or looking to sell their book? CFP with a decade experience in Wealth Management.

I’m looking for a new opportunity and I’m open to either wealth management, financial planning, hedge funds, private equity, asset management, or trading. I’m more of a hunter/closer not a gatherer. I manage $100 Million in assets, but my book is mostly NOT portable. I’m a CFP, ChFC, hold the Series 7, 65, and Life insurance licenses. I have 12 years experience in wealth management and I’m finishing up my MBA soon with a concentration in Mergers & Acquisitions. 3.6 GPA from top 50 university.

I’m looking for a new opportunity and I’m open to either wealth management, financial planning, hedge funds, private equity, asset management, or trading. I’m more of a hunter/closer not a gatherer. I manage $100 Million in assets, but my book is mostly NOT portable. I’m a CFP, ChFC, hold the Series 7, 65, and Life insurance licenses. I have 12 years experience in wealth management and I’m finishing up my MBA soon with a concentration in Mergers & Acquisitions. 3.6 GPA from top 50 university.

I’m looking for a new opportunity and I’m open to either wealth management, financial planning, hedge funds, private equity, asset management, or trading. I’m more of a hunter/closer not a gatherer. I manage $100 Million in assets, but my book is mostly NOT portable. I’m a CFP, ChFC, hold the Series 7, 65, and Life insurance licenses. I have 12 years experience in wealth management and I’m finishing up my MBA soon with a concentration in Mergers & Acquisitions. 3.6 GPA from top 50 university.

I’m looking for a new opportunity and I’m open to either wealth management, financial planning, hedge funds, private equity, asset management, or trading. I’m more of a hunter/closer not a gatherer. I manage $100 Million in assets, but my book is mostly NOT portable. I’m a CFP, ChFC, hold the Series 7, 65, and Life insurance licenses. I have 12 years experience in wealth management and I’m finishing up my MBA soon with a concentration in Mergers & Acquisitions. 3.6 GPA from top 50 university.

Happy Tuesday 🍷 suggestions for the best way to baby step {or make a giant unprecedented leap} from a CFP (with prior L&D/technical training experience) to a People Operations/HR position? I want to get back to being involved in employee on-boarding, training, and development.

I'm looking at entry level People Ops roles, and even though you don't need ALL required experience noted on the job post, I'm certainly lacking some of the foundation of HR basics, like HRIS experience.

I have been dealing with passive aggressive bullying for almost two years now from my “mentor” in my CFP journey and one of the three advisors for whom I am part of succession plan. Me 30F, her 62F. I can give specific examples, but frequent humiliation in front of clients and colleagues, leaving me out of meetings (not allowing me on the zoom), ignoring all forms of contact, trying to find mistakes, etc. I’ve tried addressing this with the male partners to no avail. Any tips?

Having all the stock broker license, masters in finance, would a CFP certification benefit my overall worth? I am looking for a salary much higher than where I am now, $111,000-$145,000. Do you think this additional certification is the best path to a increase in salary?

What’s a competitive TC for someone with 30 years experience in trust administration and personal financial planning, have CFP, CPWA and AEP designation. Typically top 20% performer.

Has anyone worked on a CFP after doing CPA? What do you think pros and cons are? I am heavily considering this since I work in a more consulting and bookkeeping area of accounting and could easily take my work in that direction.

CFP & ChFC looking to change firms. Currently in a bank program, but not a large portable book to bring over to the next firm. Over a decade experience and about to finish up my MBA. Currently nowhere near the income level I want to be. Any suggestions for a good program to go to for my next move?

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I am certified financial planner and providing various services like investment management, insurance and tax saving options. If you are looking to know how you can save taxes or want to do an investment with mutual funds then you can reach out to me via DM.

Anyone in the NYC or Jersey area looking for a succession plan for their book? CFP, ChFC and MBA with 10 years experience as an Advisor within the banking channel. Currently managing roughly $100 Million. Most of it is not portable and a lot of it is dead money inherited from other advisors.

Currently an Associate Consultant working for a consultant in Ontario Canada. Curious if anyone has moved to the US from Canada or any other country and what the process was like. I have an MBA and will have CFP within 2 years. Is it realistic to look or find head hunters in targeted American cities?

I’m currently a consultant analyst but I’m studying for my CFP to become a financial planner . I have been accepted into Texas Tech’s graduate program for financial planning . Is going for a masters in this field worth it ? I’m on track to make six figures in the next two years and I am not interested in taking a pay cut while transitioning into financial planning . Are my expectations realistic in terms of making six figures with the CFP completed and masters degree ?

Coming up on 5 years as a phone-based advisor and trying to decide what to do from here. Money is good in my current role but i don’t have a book, same conversation over and over with no real end game. I love the idea of starting an RIA some day but obviously that would be easier with a substantial book. I am planning to sit for the CFP exam in March and make a move shortly after. I’m considering going to a new firm to build a book with the long term goal of trying to bring those clients with me

Interested in taking ChFC exam (due to timing, then will roll into CFP
What are your recommendations for material? Any course better than the other? I studied Kaplan for series 7, and it was ok, but I’m open to other programs as well.

Anyone know of firms with the Los Angeles area that help you and encourage you to attain the CFP? I’m finding it hard finding local firms that have career trajectory from Client Servicing to full Advisory work.

I’m willing to pay for self study and take local classes but would love and appreciate sponsorship.

Any advice in general for making the jump from more client servicing to advisory would be greatly appreciated.

Ideally I’d love to make my way towards either an Advisor or Strategist.

CFP study programs:

I'm a little confused on Danko - does he offer a self-study option for the coursework requirement? On his website it looks like each module has a 4-day virtual class which I wouldn't be able to attend due to working full time. Does this program also include self-study material, and the classes are just supplementary/optional? I was also looking at Dalton for self-study and Danko for test prep. Thoughts?

TIA

Question for any of you in the high net worth individuals tax space, do you think CFP is worth the time to get? I passed the CPA 2 months ago and see a few partners in our group have CFP but does it actually give any value. Are there any other distinctions/licenses I should look into?

Manager with a big 4 and finally have enough liquid cash to make some meaningful market investments. I am admittedly a newbie to trading and honestly don’t have a lot of interest in self-managing but would like a brokerage and/or CFP guided account (that understands/can accommodate independence requirements).

Any recommendations on brokerage or service to get started? Looking at Vanguard Personal Advisor service at the moment… Thanks for any advise

I am a CPA with 19 years of audit and corporate experience. I’m tired of month end and was thinking of exploring a CFP. Has anyone else ever made this transition? Any advice?

Mid 20s working at a mode sized fee-based firm. I’m a bit of a busy body and took my CFP out of a college and recently passed the CIMA - what should be a next step for career progression? Is it best just to leverage the resources around me and learn more about the actual ins and outs or to continue on with more “formal” education?

How to handle a toxic work environment? My team hired a new guy who has 0 experience and is younger than me, yet he was hired with a higher job title than me. I am fully licensed with my SIE/Series7/63/CFP (he has none of these). The firm makes these decisions but I am dumbfounded. I’m told if I want a higher job title I have to forgo overtime eligibility. Seems like a cop out answer.

Currently have my CFP and CRPC. Anyone done the MSFP and/or ChFC? Looking to dive deeper into estate planning and legacy planning and create a deeper competitive edge in my estate planning council network group. Any suggestions of the better route for this?

March 2022 CFP exam takers— did you pass or fail and what education program did you use? (Dalton, Kaplan, Danko etc)?

What advice would you give if I’m choosing between getting my cfp and through consulting? Which one would give me more $$ and better life quality?

Has anyone taken the CFP exam recently? Is it extremely hard? I’m debating if to take it

Thoughts on joining at team at Morgan Stanley vs RIA route? I have an option for a team who is all retiring and looking for succession opportunities ($3mm annual revenue book). Another option is going an RIA route with a bank affiliation.

Currently I’m working for a bank trust dept as a wealth advisor (very few of my accounts are trusts). I’m a CFP and my book is $2mm in annual rev. I’m ready for a change but looking for some feedback, particularly if anyone is familiar with Morgan Stanley.

Is financial planning (certified financial planner) a lucrative career path? How much can a CFP make realistically?

Any advice on how to start out as a total newbie? Which firm to start with? Part time option? Should I get the CFP first? Thanks!